Coffin-handle



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i H. W. MORGAN.'

GOPPINAHANDLE. Y y Y l No. 352,096. Patented Phrea/2,1886.v

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l `UAUTED STATES PATENT FFICE.'V

HUBERT MORGAN, `or wRsTrmLn MAssAcnUsRTTs.

col-*FIN- HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 352,096, datedNovember y2, 1886. Application filed February 23, 1884. v. Renewed Mayl1, 1885. Again renewed April 5, 1886. Serial No. 197,924.;` (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUBERT W. MORGAN, of Westield, in the county ofHampden, in the State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Casket-Handles, of which the following, inconnection with the accompanying drawings,which form a part hereof, is afull and complete-description.

My invention relates to that class of handles usually denominated` barhandles, in which awooden or metallic baris supported by hinged arm onthe casket, and is an improvement upon thehandles patented to me August9,1881,No. 245,548, and to J. A. Lakin and myself jointly, August 2,1881, No. 245,203.

It consists in certain details of construction, aswill be described, andpointed out in the claims. C

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is' an elevation ofthe handle,thearm, yand theear by which the -latter is hinged .to the casket. Figs. 2and 3 are respectively front and rear views of the ear. Fig. v4 is asection on theline 44, Fig. 2; Fig. 5, asection on the line 5 5, Fig. 1;Fig. 6, a side viewof thearm as it is cast andl before it isjbent intoshape to form the loop for the handle., Figs. 7 and 8 are face views ofrings to be placed upon the bar or handle, the

same being shown in section at a b in Fig. 1.

The objects of my invention are, irst, to reduce the cost of`manufacturing the wooden bars or handles', and, second, to simplify theconstruction and increasethe strength of the supporting-arms; and theseobjects I attain in the manner and by' the constructions hereinafterdescribed.

The bars or hand-pieces of coffin` or casket handles are usually ofirregular shape-that is,

` with annular enlargements or rings and grooves pose of ornamentation.

' by turning .thewhole out of a solid stick of wood. This necessitatedthe use of a stick of a diameter at least equal to the largestdiameterof the finished handle, and all that part of 'the materialbetween the largest diameter and the smallest diameter had to be turnedout, involving a veryconsiderable waste of material. I avoid the greaterpart of this waste by turni'ng the rings or enlargements out of separatepieces and afterward slipping them on the cylindrical bar and securingthem in` their proper' positions by glue orother suitablemeans. Thisconstrtion enables me to make ahandle with annular enlargements or ringsout of a much smaller stick than has been practicable heretofore, and toavoid all waste except that incident to reducing a square stick tocylindrical form. Moreover, the size of the rings enables me to makethem out of a lower grade of stock than that required for the bars, asthe materialfor their` manufacture can be cut from between knots andother imperfections which would defeat its use for the longer bars.kAnother ad.

posing the rings differently upon the bars or c by using rings ofdifferent sizes or shapes.

. A indicates the cylindrical bar or handle;

a and b, two rings, and c the end or tip,which -is also madeseparately'and doweled into the end of t-he bar A. After adjusting andsecuring the rings upon the bar A, the whole is covered with a suitablefabric to give the desired finish. The construction of the ear or socketB, and of the arm C, by which these two parts are connected together andattached vto the coffin, is the same as that described in my patent ol'August 9, 1881, above referred to.

he ring or loop at the outer end of the arm, w ich surrounds and Vholdsthe handle A, is made by bending the outer or thin end of thearmback'upon the thick part, as described in the patent ofMor'gan andLakin, also above referred to. In the latter case, however, the, bentportion was supported and held in place upon the thick portion or armproper by a screw alone. ing-lug, c', at the end of the portion to bebent back, which lug fits into a recess, c, made to receive it in theunder side of the thick part In the present ca se I form a holdor body0i the arm C. rlhis lug relieves the screw d of all strain, as iteffectually resists any tendency of the loop to open out under anoutward pull upon the handle.

' While I have shown the handle or bar A l supported by asingle arminFig. 1 of the draw- ICO ings, it is to be understood that ordinarily twosuch arms will be used-one at each end of the bar-leaving sufcient spacebetween them for the hand of the bearer.

Having thus described n1 y invention, I claiml.y A coffin-handleconsisting of the cylindrieal body A and one or more separate ringsplaced thereon and suitably disposed toimpart the desired finish orstyle, as shown and described.

2. In a coffin handle, a hinged supportingar1n for supporting the handleproper,

having` a loop, c, formed at its outer end by bending` the niet-al backupon itself, the end of 15 the bent portion being provided with aholding-lug, e', which engages a recess, c", in the body C, and theparts retained in properposition by a screw, d, which passes through thebent end into the body ofthe arm, as and for 2o the purposes described.

HUBER-T W. MORGAN.

"1 tnesses:

ALBERT H. THOMAS, Asn P. RAND.

